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Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy: Electrodiagnostic Features and Clinical Correlates
Fibular (Peroneal) Neuropathy: Electrodiagnostic Features and Clinical Correlates
Christina Marciniak, MD
KEYWORDS
Fibular Peroneal Neuropathy Electrodiagnostic
KEY POINTS
Fibular (peroneal) neuropathy is the most common mononeuropathy encountered in the
lower limbs.
Clinically, sciatic mononeuropathies, radiculopathies of the 5th lumbar root, and lumbosa-
cral plexopathies may present with similar findings of ankle dorsiflexor weakness, thus
evaluation is needed to distinguish these disorders.
The most common site of injury to the fibular nerve is at the fibular head.
The deep fibular branch is more frequently abnormal than the superficial branch.
Electrodiagnostic studies are useful to determine the level and type (axonal, demyelin-
ating) of injury.
The presence of any compound muscle action potential response on motor nerve conduc-
tion studies, recorded from either the tibialis anterior or extensor digitorum brevis, is asso-
ciated with good long-term outcome.
INTRODUCTION
ANATOMY
Common Fibular (Peroneal) Nerve
The common fibular (peroneal) nerve is derived from the lateral division of the sciatic
nerve. Fibers from the dorsal fourth and fifth lumbar, as well as the first and second
sacral nerve roots, join with tibial axons to form the sciatic nerve (Fig. 1). Though bound
in the nerve sheath with the tibial nerve in the thigh, the fibular and tibial axons are sepa-
rate even within the sciatic nerve at this level.8 In the thigh, a branch arises from the
fibular division of the sciatic nerve to innervate the short head of the biceps femoris.
Following bifurcation of the sciatic nerve in the distal thigh at the superior popliteal
fossa, the common fibular nerve travels along the lateral side of the fossa at the border
of the biceps femoris muscle to the lateral knee. At this level, the nerve gives off
a branch, the lateral cutaneous nerve of the calf, which supplies sensation to the upper
third of the anterolateral leg. The sural communicating branch of the lateral sural cuta-
neous nerve joins with the medial sural cutaneous nerve to form the sural nerve. The
common fibular nerve then travels superficially at the lateral fibula and is located about
1 to 2 cm distal to the fibular head before entering the anterior compartment of the leg
where it divides into deep and superficial branches at the fibular head (Fig. 2).
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providing muscular innervation to the fibularis (peroneus) longus and brevis muscles in
the lateral compartment of the leg, the terminal sensory branch supplies sensation to
the lower two-thirds of the anterolateral leg and the dorsum of the foot, except for the
first web space. It becomes superficial within the muscular compartment about 5 cm
above the ankle joint where it pierces the fascia to become subcutaneous. It divides
into its two terminal sensory branches, the intermediate and medial dorsal cutaneous
nerves. The intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve travels to the third metatarsal space
and then divides into the dorsal digital branches to supply sensation to the lateral two
digits. The medial dorsal cutaneous branch passes over the anterior aspect of the
ankle overlying the common extensor tendons, runs parallel to the extensor hallucis
longus tendon, and divides distal to the inferior retinaculum into three dorsal digital
branches.
CAUSES
Box 1
Fibular (Peroneal) neuropathy: reported causes
Weight loss
Ankle or distal leg
Ankle sprain
Arthroscopy
Boots
Burn scar
Edema
Exertional compartment syndrome
External fixator
Fasciotomy for compartment syndrome
Fascia
Fracture
Ganglion cyst
Inferior extensor retinaculum
Kneeling in prayer position
Tightly fitting shoes
Although the most common site of injury following surgical procedures is at the
fibular head, focal fibular neuropathies have also been reported at the level of the
calf, ankle, and foot. Following total knee replacements, fibular nerve abnormalities
may present with sensory symptoms or decreased range of motion.27 Following
high tibial osteotomies, done in association with fibular osteotomies, fibular nerve
abnormalities have been noted in 2% to 27% of cases.28–32 The abnormalities of ankle
and toe extension and the sensory loss described following these procedures are
thought to result from hardware placement, tourniquet effects, or the fibular osteot-
omy.28 Nerve abnormalities as the result of surgeries may be subclinical. In 11 cases
studied prospectively with electrophysiologic testing, pre- and post-osteotomy
surgery, abnormalities were present postoperatively in 27%, though only one patient
was clinically symptomatic.28
Fibular neuropathy is the most common lower limb mononeuropathy encountered in
athletes.33,34 Common or proximal deep fibular nerve injuries at or near the level of the
fibular head are most often found, particularly in football or soccer players, and may be
seen in isolation or in association with severe ligamentous knee injuries or frac-
tures.33,34 Some athletes reporting pain and weakness in a fibular nerve distribution
have been found to have constriction of the nerve by the fibularis longus muscle.35
Acute or chronic exertional compartment syndrome may also result in foot drop and
should be considered, particularly in athletes with intermittent complaints.36 Superfi-
cial fibular nerve injuries at the ankle have been described in soccer players.34 Due
to excursion of superficial nerve with inversion, injury may be seen in association
with ankle inversion sprains.37,38 Nerve abnormalities may also occur at the fibular
head in the setting of ankle sprains due to traction of the nerve at the posterolateral
knee because the patient’s foot is forced into plantar flexion and inversion.39
Fibular neuropathies, though more frequently reported in adults, can also be seen in
childhood. In a case series of 17 children, findings were similar to those of adults in
that the common fibular nerve was most often injured (59%), as opposed to the
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CLINICAL FEATURES
Patients with fibular neuropathy often present with complaints of “foot drop” or
catching their toe with ambulation, which may develop acutely or subacutely depend-
ing on the precipitating cause. There may also be complaints of sensory loss over the
foot dorsum.
Clinical motor examination demonstrates weakness in ankle dorsiflexion and great
toe extension with deep fibular and eversion weakness with superficial fibular involve-
ment. Superficial peroneal nerve abnormalities are rarely present in isolation.16,41 Toe
flexion and ankle plantar flexion strength should be normal. In the setting of a deep
fibular neuropathy in conjunction with an accessory deep fibular nerve supplying
complete innervation of the extensor digitorum brevis muscle, foot drop with
preserved toe extension can be seen.42
Sensory loss may be found over the foot dorsum (superficial branch) and/or in the
first web space (deep branch). However, sensory symptoms may also be absent.41
More proximally, neuropraxia of the poster lateral cutaneous nerve of the calf has
been reported with sensory deficits in the posterolateral upper calf. When symptoms
are limited to the superficial sensory branches, generally patients complain of tingling,
numbness, and/or pain in the distribution of the involved sensory fibers.43 In patients
with entrapment of the superficial fibular nerve in the calf, these symptoms extend
proximally or distally from the anterolateral leg. The distribution depends on whether
one or both terminal branches of the superficial fibular nerve are involved.44 Those
patients with entrapment in the calf fascia may note aggravation of symptoms with
exercise.45 In these cases, a soft tissue bulge with resisted dorsiflexion of the ankle,
and a Tinel sign or tenderness at the bulge has been described.44 In the case of
more distal nerve involvement at the ankle, findings may be limited to the involved
branches and isolated sensory loss involving specific superficial fibular nerve
branches to digits 2 to 5 has also been documented.5
The term anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome refers to compression of the deep fibular
nerve under the inferior extensor retinaculum.43,46 Although the fibular nerve is a mixed
sensorimotor nerve at the ankle, patients with anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome have
been reported to describe more sensory symptoms. Primary complaints include
numbness and paresthesias in the first dorsal web space that may awaken the patient
from sleep.
ASSESSMENT
Electrodiagnostic Evaluation
Electrodiagnostic studies should include an evaluation of motor and sensory axons of
the fibular nerve and its branches using nerve conduction studies and electromyo-
graphic examination of relevant muscles (Table 1). Appropriate testing to rule out
other disorders that may mimic fibular neuropathy (radiculopathy, plexopathy, or
generalized disorders) should also be included.
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segment across the fibular head.47 In severe or chronic cases, no response may be
recorded. Because the goal is to assess for conduction slowing, conduction block
and axon loss, an absent response does not give information about the underlying path-
ophysiology. Thus, motor nerve conduction studies should be performed recording
over the tibialis anterior muscle, with stimulation sites at the fibular neck and in the popli-
teal fossa, if there is no response on studies to the extensor digitorum brevis muscle.48
Focal conduction slowing or block may be evident on such studies. If motor or sensory
fibular studies are abnormal, then further nerve conduction studies should be per-
formed to exclude a more diffuse process.
In case series, muscles supplied by the deep compared with the superficial fibular
nerve are most frequently reported as abnormal and more severely involved in fibular
neuropathy at the fibular head. The intraneural topography of the common fibular
nerve at this level may explain the particular pattern of involvement, in the same
way it has been used to explain the differential involvement of fascicles within the ulnar
nerve at the elbow. At the level of the fibular head, the fascicles of the deep fibular
nerve are located anteriorly and, thus, are more sensitive to pressure or stretch.8,49
It is also possible that this branch is preferentially affected due to tethering in the
fibular tunnel.50
Electrophysiologically, the accessory fibular nerve may result in unexpected
changes on motor nerve conduction studies recording at the extensor digitorum brevis
muscle. In such cases, maximal stimulation of the deep fibular nerve at the ankle
produces a smaller response with recording at the extensor digitorum brevis muscle,
compared with responses with maximal stimulation at the knee. A response may be
recorded from the extensor digitorum brevis if stimulation is applied posterior to the
lateral malleolus.9
Nerve conduction study parameters should be compared between the below fibular
head and the across fibular head segment. The following suggest a focal lesion at the
fibular head: a significant drop in conduction velocity between the ankle to the below
fibular head segment compared with the across fibular segment and/or a significant
decrease in the compound muscle action potential negative peak amplitude from
the below fibular head stimulation site to the above fibular head site, which suggests
conduction block or focal demyelination. A greater than 20% drop in fibular motor
amplitude across the knee segment had a specificity of 99% in localizing fibular nerve
lesions at the knee.51 Short segment stimulation of the fibular nerve across the knee
segment has also been described.52 Though motor conduction is most often recorded
proximally from the anterior tibialis, it may also be recorded over the fibularis brevis
muscle.53 Comparison of side-to-side amplitudes distally can be used to assess rela-
tive amounts of axonal loss.14
Katirji and Wilbourn2 reported electrophysiological findings in 116 nerves of 103
patients with fibular neuropathies. In this study, motor nerve conduction studies to
the extensor digitorum brevis and tibialis anterior muscles were performed bilaterally.
No response was recorded in 45 nerve lesions to the extensor digitorum brevis, but the
fibular motor response to the tibialis anterior was unobtainable in only 13% (15 limbs).
Axonal loss was uniformly present. In 52 of the 116 limbs, a conduction block was
localized to the region of the fibular head. The motor nerve conduction study to the
tibialis anterior muscle was helpful in localizing lesions to conduction block at the
fibular head. In a study assessing the relative contributions of motor axonal loss versus
focal conduction block, axonal degeneration was found to be greater in motor fibers to
the extensor digitorum brevis, whereas, conversely, conduction block was more often
found in anterolateral compartment recordings.14 Interestingly, it has been found that,
despite extensive axonal loss, conduction velocity distal to the fibular head may not be
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slowed. This suggests that larger myelinated fibers are less involved. Major conduc-
tion abnormalities were most often found between the midfibular head and the popli-
teal fossa.14
Needle Electromyography
Needle electromyographic examination should include the tibialis anterior muscle.
This muscle is the most likely muscle to demonstrate abnormalities on the needle
examination.16 The examination should also include at least one muscle innervated
by the superficial fibular nerve, the short head of the biceps femoris, and at least
one tibial innervated muscle distal to the knee. The short head of the biceps femoris,
the only fibular-innervated muscle above the knee, is abnormal with a more proximal
mononeuropathy involving the fibular division of the sciatic. Sciatic nerve lesions may
mimic fibular neuropathies because of the fascicular arrangement of the nerve in the
thigh.63,64 The fibular nerve fibers in the thigh seem to be more susceptible to injury
compared with those of the tibia, and clinically only fibular nerve involvement may
be suspected. This susceptibility is thought to arise from several factors, including
the fibular nerve’s more lateral location, the larger funiculi, or its tethering and course
around the fibular head. Electrophysiologically, a sciatic neuropathy can be distin-
guished by assessing tibial motor and sensory conduction, as well as evaluating for
axonal loss in tibial nerve innervated muscles, including those in the thigh. If a distal
tibial innervated muscle is abnormal or if the short head of the biceps femoris is
abnormal, then the examination should be extended to include more proximal sciatic
innervated muscles to exclude a sciatic neuropathy as well as an evaluation of gluteal
muscles (abnormal in a lumbosacral plexopathy), and a lumbosacral paraspinal exam-
ination to exclude a radiculopathy or polyradiculopathy. Deep fibular abnormalities
may be severe with common fibular neuropathy, with normal superficial sensory
responses.
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ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERY
Electrodiagnostics have been used to identify the potential for recovery of functional
movement. Smith and Trojaborg7 followed a group of 14 subjects with fibular palsy
at the head of the fibula, related either to compression at the time of surgery, crossed
legs, or occurring spontaneously. At the time of follow-up, which spanned 5 months to
3 years, less than half of the subjects demonstrated complete recovery. All subjects
with full clinical recovery had normal sensory conduction distal to the fibular head at
the time of the initial study and only one had reduced amplitude SNAP. Similarly, all
patients who recovered clinically had normal initial conduction velocities distal to
the fibular head.7
Derr and colleagues6 evaluated electrodiagnostic features associated with good
recovery of function at follow-up in persons with fibular neuropathy diagnosed electro-
physiologically. Good recovery in this study was defined by Medical Research Council
Scale muscle strength grade 4 or 5 for ankle dorsiflexion. Any compound muscle
action potential response recorded from the tibialis anterior or extensor digitorum bre-
vis at baseline was associated with a good response (81% and 94%, respectively)
compared with absent responses.6 However, it has been found that good outcome
was still possible with an absent compound muscle action potential response.6,71
Recruitment in the tibialis anterior has also found to be predictive in cases of traumatic
injury. Subjects with discrete or absent recruitment in the tibialis anterior tend to have
a poorer outcome.6 Individuals with nontraumatic compression are more likely to have
a good outcome.6
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Treatment Options
Treatment of fibular nerve injuries depends on the cause and the degree of weakness
or sensory symptoms. In cases of compression, relief from external compressive sour-
ces should be in the initial intervention or in the case of intraneural ganglia, surgical
referral. Open lacerations should undergo exploration and surgical repair as appro-
priate. If weakness is incomplete, strengthening exercises can be used to improve
function. With complete loss of dorsiflexion, stretching to maintain ankle range of
motion should be performed to prevent equinovarus deformity. Orthotic interventions
include a lateral wedge shoe insert in the case of isolated superficial fibular neuropa-
thies to decrease supination of the foot or an ankle foot orthosis with common or deep
fibular neuropathy and significant ankle dorsiflexor weakness.
Options for intervention with persistent nerve injury include neurolysis, nerve repair,
and nerve and tendon transfers.24,72 Electrophysiologic studies may identify reinner-
vation along with clinical examinations and the need for surgical intervention. Posterior
tibialis tendon transfers have been used to restore ankle dorsiflexion with absent
recovery.73
Surgical outcomes for fibular neuropathy have been reported in large case series.
Follow-up outcomes of 318 operatively-managed common fibular nerve lesions associ-
ated with a variety of mechanisms (stretch or contusions, lacerations, tumors, entrap-
ments, stretch dislocations with fractures or dislocations, compression, iatrogenic
injures and gun shot wounds) found that of the 19 subjects who underwent end-to-
end suture repair, 84% achieved good recovery by 24 months. In subjects requiring graft
repair, graft length correlated with recovery; of those with grafts less than 6 cm long,
75% had good recovery of function.23 Longer grafts generally correlated with more
severe injuries and poorer outcomes.23 Decompression surgery when symptoms
were limited to sensory findings has associated with recovery of function at follow-up
in other studies.74 Posterior tibial tendon transfers through the interosseous membrane
followed by fixation to the anterior tibial and long fibular tendons have been reported to
allow gait without an orthosis and improved quality of life in most patients.73
SUMMARY
Fibular (peroneal) neuropathy is the most common mononeuropathy found in the lower
limb and may be encountered as the result of acute traumatic injuries, surgical inter-
vention, or with chronic stretch or compression. Clinically, sciatic mononeuropathies,
L5 radiculopathies, and lumbosacral plexopathies may present with similar findings of
ankle dorsiflexor weakness. More generalized disorders may also present with this
symptom and, thus, evaluation is needed to distinguish these various disorders. The
most common site of injury to the fibular nerve is at the fibular head. Electrodiagnostic
studies have shown that the deep fibular branch is more frequently abnormal than the
superficial branch; however, findings may be limited to specific motor or sensory
branches, depending on the mechanism of injury. Electrodiagnostic studies are useful
to determine the level and type (axonal, demyelinating) of injury. Studies should
include motor nerve conduction studies to the extensor digitorum brevis and anterior
tibialis muscles, superficial fibular sensory nerve conduction studies, and other motor
nerve conduction studies outside the fibular distribution to distinguish a disorder local-
ized to the fibular nerve from more extensive nerve abnormalities. The presence of any
compound muscle action potential response on motor nerve conduction studies,
recorded from either the tibialis anterior or extensor digitorum brevis, is associated
with good long-term outcome. However, recovery is still possible despite an initial
absent response.
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